Melluzi Park Open Air Stage Complex was renovated

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Melluzi Park Open Air Stage Complex and the shell-shaped open-air concert hall were renovated. The construction was carried out by RERE Meistari.

In Melluzi park, the constructions of the open-air stage complex were renovated and the area of the park was improved.
The wooden stage was renovated to its original appearance. While retaining its original appearance, the wooden parts have been restored and the damaged parts have been replaced with analogous new ones. The spectator seating was created in line with the historical arrangement of the concert garden, with 625 seats in total. Near the open-air stage building, the historic vine walls were restored, and flagpoles installed. The open-air stage complex also includes a bar or the Milk Pavilion, the old building of which had to be demolished due to its poor technical condition.
Instead, a new building has been built on the basis of the historical appearance of the pavilion. It is supplemented with wooden trellis structures that form the shed and it is partially soundproof. In the area of the open-air stage complex, a network of new pedestrian paths, bicycle racks, greenery, and lighting for the whole area were installed.
The opening concert will take place on 23 June at Melluzi Open Air Stage.
According to the project developed by the architectural bureau “Jaunromāns” and “Ābele”, the construction works were carried out by RERE Meistari, and supervised by SIA “Forma 2”.

Guntis Āboltiņš-Āboliņš, Chairman of the Board of RERE Grupa, emphasises the preservation of the historic structures of the open-air stage and their organic integration in the surrounding: “Cultural centres and stopping points play a vital role in maintaining a qualitative public life and, therefore, during the construction, development and making improvements, it is so important to keep the memories of previous generations and maintain the spirit of the building and the place.”
Melluzi open-air stage is an architectural monument of local importance.
It is one of the two acoustic wooden shell-shaped open-air stages in the entire Baltic region, which has survived from the last century to the present day; the other one is located in Estonia, Saaremaa, Kuressaare. Jurmala City Council has attracted co-financing from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) for the reconstruction of the open-air stage. Renovation and reconstruction had started in 2018. The total cost of the restoration of the complex was 2.17 million euros, of which 1.4 million euros was co-financed by the ERDF.